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The battle between Bermudian-based Argo Group International Holdings Ltd and activist shareholder Voce Capital Management is heating up.
The San Francisco-based hedge fund owns about 5.6 per cent of Argo, and earlier this month attacked what it calle...
DATE: Apr 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
One of Ascendant Group’s largest shareholders is urging the company to relist its shares in Canada or the US, if it does not receive an adequate buyout offer.
Toronto-based IBV Capital has been accumulating shares in Ascendant, the parent company of ...
DATE: Mar 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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An activist shareholder of Argo Group International Holdings has put forward five candidates to join the re/insurer’s board to address what it describes as a “complete corporate governance shipwreck”.
Voce Capital Management owns about 5.6 per cent o...
DATE: Mar 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Beacon Fund Services (Bermuda) and two of its associated companies are being acquired by Apex Group.
The move will add about $10 billion in assets under administration to the portfolio of Apex.
The acquisition was jointly announced by Apex and San Fr...
DATE: Feb 28, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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An activist investor has Argo Group International Holdings in its sights, claiming the company has a “spendthrift culture” and misdirects corporate assets to support the chief executive officer’s “lifestyle and hobbies”.
Voce Capital Management, whic...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Bermudian-based Nephila Capital, the world’s largest manager of insurance-linked securities, has agreed to be bought out by US insurer Markel Corporation.
Nephila has about $12.2 billion of assets under management and Markel indicated today that the ...
DATE: Aug 31, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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Before an audience of hundreds of business delegates, Jamahl Simmons said Government will not interfere with independent regulatory organisations in Bermuda.
He gave the assurance after explaining why he had brought to Parliament the Casino Gaming Am...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A medical aid device designed to provide peace of mind and security to seniors, persons with restricted mobility, children and individuals has been introduced to Bermuda.
The GPS-equipped key ring-size device has a button that can be pressed during a...
DATE: Nov 07, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
Architects in Bermuda are looking for ways to make more businesses accessible to the physically challenged and visually impaired.
The Institute of Bermuda Architects (IBA) hosted an architectural tour last week in Hamilton for members and invited ind...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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Seventeen years ago, Mauricio Lim Miller, a leader in the field of social services, received a phone call from Jerry Brown, who was the mayor of Oakland, California, at the time, that set him on a quest to understand how families really overcome pove...
DATE: Sep 30, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Personal Finance
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